HOORAY! It is now July 2024, and Bible Gateway has at last restored all my notes, favorites and highlights, AND it isn’t crashing, and I can look for passages in two versions at once! Thank God. I have been praying for y’all and have missed using Bible Gateway. I can now cheerfully give it five stars again! My last two reviews are below. Last one: You can see my previous review below this one. I have waited a few months, and have been using the website some, but I MISS this formerly wonderful app! I see there is a new version, so I am downloading it again today, and praying it is once again worthy of five stars! If it is, I will renew my “Plus” membership next year. When it’s working properly, it is my favorite online Bible. Pray with me for Bible Gateway!! Former review: I have been VERY patient with the paid version of this app, $40 a year! And for the past year, it CONSTANTLY shuts down on me, and now won’t even take me to the Bible! I used to love this app and recommended it to everyone. I’ll try using the web version for a bit, but I cancelled my subscription today. My $40 has been a complete waste this past year…I can’t even look up scriptures, much less access the study tools I’m paying for. I’ve been hopeful after each bug “fix” update, but nothing changes…if anything, it has deteriorated. I’m so sorry.

I have loved using this app but for a while now, I have not been able to navigate to any specific passages. I’m using it on my iPhone… at least, I was. For now, I’m using another app (along with an actual Bible). I tried the Bible Gateway app again today, after a long pause, but it still shows books listed double. When you click on either of the double listings, it takes you to a completely different book. The only way to get to the passage you want, is to scroll through every chapter, verse, and book, until you get to the passage you want. Also, like the other reviewer said, copying and pasting any passages has never seemed to work. I used to love this app, but I can no longer recommend it to anyone. it seems like the big problems began after they started using ads. you’re not able to finish reading the verse of the day until after you’ve read an ad, which kind of breaks up the spiritual value of the verse of the day. 😕 I deleted the app completely, then re-installed it. The double listings of books is gone now. Hopefully that fixed the other issues, too.

I have always enjoyed both the desktop and app version of Bible Gateway. Unfortunately, for months the app has not worked. I sent a message to the company letting them know of my difficulties, and it took about 2 months for them to respond. The problem I had with the app is that it immediately closes and I cannot open it up. In the company’s response to me, they asked me to be patient as they were working on an update to correct the problem. They told me to download the update when it was available on my phone and it would fix the problem. I patiently waited until the update was released and updated the app. Still does not work and immediately closes when I try to open it. I have tried everything, including deleting the app and downloading again, but still does not work. I still use the desktop version, but have moved on to another Bible app on my phone as I have given up on any hope that the app will work again. It literally has been months and months with no fix. I am not a techie, but I would have thought it would have been fixed by now. Very disappointed because I used to love this app.